Introducing: The 2020 NJBIZ Best 50 Women in Business.

Byline: NJBIZ STAFF

The individuals recognized in NJBIZ Best 50 Women in Business program aren't just operating in the Garden State's enterprise environmentthey're leading it, as decision-makers, trendsetters and forward thinkers.

Following at open nomination process, a panel of independent judges selectedthe 2020 Best 50 Women in Business winners using a points system to rate submissions in five categories: career accomplishments, leadership vision, community service and mentoring.

Accepting this year's Lifetime Achievement Award is the chief executive officer of public relations, crisis and strategic communications firm Evergreen Partners Inc., Karen Kessler.

You can join NJBIZ to celebrate Kessler and all of this year's honorees at the Best 50 Women in Business Awards program, March 23 at The Palace at Somerset Park presented by Wells Fargo, Crystal Springs Resort, Rymax and Withum.

To register to attend, and find out more about this year's event, visit our Events Page.

Congratulations to this year's winners:

Valeria Aloe

AlphaQuest Consulting

Helen Archontou

YWCA Northern New Jersey

Dawn Belamarich

Recovery Centers of America

Cathleen Bennett

New Jersey Hospital Association

Kelly Ann Bird

Gibbons PC

Jennifer Borek

Genova Burns LLC

Ida Bormentar

Community Options Inc.

Joyce Brocaglia

Alta Associates and Executive Women's Forum on Information Security Risk Management & Privacy

Kimberley Bueno-Schonig

Cuddly Ventures LLC

Danielle Corcione

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

Susan Dromsky-Reed

Brach Eichler LLC

Vicky Fajardo

Cushman & Wakefield

Kristine Feher

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Carol Feinberg

Vitiello Communications Group

Kay Fernandez

Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA Inc.

Regina Foley

Hackensack Meridian Health

Linda Gardner

Brent Material Co.

Angela Garretson

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Nicole Gillespie

Knowles Teacher Initiative

Allison Hernandez

lotus823

Sufia Hossain

Silly Chilly Hotsauce

Charlotte Jones-Burton

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization Inc.

Jean Jordan

Holy Name Medical Center

Lynn Kenney

RB

Lynne Kizis

Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer PA

Brenda Landau

Ciberspring

Cecilia Lassiter

Sills Cummis & Gross PC

Amy Leis

Juno Wealth Management

Indu Lew

RWJBarnabas Health

Michele Logan

CompoSecure

Aixa Lopez

Independent Consultant

Denise Mariani

Stark & Stark

Sandee Markwith

Studio 1200

April Mason

Violet PR

Nicole Pace-Addeo

Stokes Creative Group Inc.

Sandra Powell-Elliott

Hackensack Meridian Health

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